It took just a few minutes for the West Ottawa girls basketball team to break down the Hudsonville zone defense.

But it was the Panthers defense that shined Tuesday night.

West Ottawa gave up just one field goal in the entire second half and rolled to a 61-20 win. The win is the 10th straight for the Panthers, who are 13-3 overall and 7-0 in the OK Red.

Julie Brown led the way with 16 points and Mikayla Martinie pitched in with 10.

"It’s a wonderful feeling," Martinie said of the win milestone. "But we just have to realize we’re here to win it and stay positive and stay focused and don’t let it get to out heads."

It was 13-5 after the first quarter where the Panters worked the ball around looking for cracks in the Hudsonville zone defense. West Ottawa went into halftime with a 24-14 lead.

"We were only up 10 at half, and we had to put this one away, and we couldn’t let them hang with us," Panthers coach Jenna Plewes said. "Our effort could have been better. I thought we were standing a lot offensively in the first half."

The Panthers outscored Hudsonville 24-3 in the third led by 10 points from Brown.

"We’ve been working on our defense a lot and it’s been working out for us," Matinie said. "Coach has been focusing us with it in practice because our offense starts with our defense."

West Ottawa’s defensive pressure stepped up notably in the second half and convtered turnovers to steals at will.

"The girls just got after it in the second half and the ball was moving around quicker," Plewes said. "The girls started to hit shots and got some good inside-outside looks. It was a fun game to get everyone in."

Martinie said the ball movement was key.

"The first half, the shots really didn’t drop so we have to move the ball around well in the second half," Martinie said. "Once we did we really wore Hudsonville down and we got open shots."